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Its a frame around a mirror (I blocked out the mirror to avoid glare for the photo) which I bought at IKEA for a dollar fifty or so. I collaged and decoupaged retro monster images all over it for a kitschtastic visual experience. I got the monster poster images from comic books and from a book in a series put out by Sothebys where they show old movie posters. The book ios pretty cheap - 5 bucks.I work as an occupational therapist at a mental hospital so Im trying to kick up the funky level of the crafts we offer.

second, maybe a stupid side note..but it just occured to me a couple days ago that u dont need to use originals for decopauging things... if u check out the local library, u can find some great stuff.. i personally found some sci fi books with a lot of images like the ones on the mirror here... u could really find anything u wanted...and then just take it to the local copy shop and make some copies for pretty cheap... thats allgod i love libraries

Great idea, thewalrusisme! I love libraries and learning how to utilize them more. I even think it would be cool to copy images there in b/w (cheaper, too, and your $$ goes to the library) and use those. Over xeroxed stuff has a certain charm, as does b/w.

You could also them paint a wash over the whole thing, so you'd have a mirror border in blue & black, or red & black, or whatever... that would make it blend in a little and be a bit less wild.